Published on the Opinion pages of The Guardian on 11 December 2017 A petition asking Turkey to end violence against Kurds has been distorted by the president’s regime – and its signatories v... Read more

Published by Ekurd Daily on the 7th of December 2017 Selahattin Demirtas, absent from ‘terror’ trial, to stay in jail SINCAN, Turkey,— A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the co-leader of th... Read more

Published by The Guardian on the 5th of December 2017 A letter signed by Noam Chomsky, Clive Lewis MP, Peter Tatchell and others calls for opposition politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Fige... Read more

Call to Observe the Main Case of Ms. Figen Yüksekdağ whose HDP membership and deputy status have been rescinded through political intervention in outright violation of all laws, norms and pr... Read more

Published by Telesur on 18th of April 2017 Tariq Ali introduces a short film shot for The World Today. It was filmed a few weeks ago before Turkey’s Referendum which was passed only yesterda... Read more

Published by Ekurd Daily on September 30, 2016 STOCKHOLM,— Swedish Migration Court has decided that Kurdish journalist Kamran Mirzaian will be deported to Iran. Mirzaian fears for his life i... Read more

Published by TIME, 22 July 2016 The coup should not be used as a pretext for rolling back human rights It’s rush hour on Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. Queues of cars jostle for position, the... Read more

Allow UN to Investigate Cizre Abuses; Repeal New Law to Block Prosecutions Published by Human Rights Watch on July 11, 2016 (Istanbul) – The Turkish government is blocking access for indepen... Read more

In September, the Kurdish Institute, along with partners in Amed (Diyarbakir), Krakau and Cologne, will publish a book about human rights and mother tongue education. The book is the conclus... Read more